1)-The one in the picture shows (probably) Phosphorus deficiency. 2) Some pepper and tomato varieties naturally have light green foliage; like Gypsy, yellow banana. While others have darker green foliage; like Jalapeno. 3)- In general a very dark green leaves is an indication of over supply of Nitrogen. In this case they need a lot more water until the excess Nitrogen is washed down and/or used up.

Hi, Ritug... If your new rose is a baby band, I would completely stay away from solid fertilizers (feeding it only sea tea) until it reaches at least 1'2" in ht. and has to have a very fat full (bushy) appearance...and I would only sprinkle just a bare 1/4 cup at the very most of alfalfa. I never put alfalfa down on the same week as I feed sea tea... Usually I skip the sea tea week and put alfalfa down right before I get heavy rains, that way the alfalfa type of fertilizer gets to "soak in" and get diluted. If it's just a newly planted bareroot, you did absolutely fine with your standard application....and MichaelG's suggestion is perfect for that... P.S. how is your baby rambler doing... My sick one now has 3 blossom buds and is looking really good, healthy and fat! with tons of foliage, I can't even recognize it any more! and my other band has eight buds... Hee-hee, my tiny band is supposed to be a regular-sized hybrid tea when it grows up; so right now it's like a miniature rose... But I am thinking in late July it should have regular sized blooms... Here are the most recent photos... May your rambler outdo mine in terms of having blooms prettier and! bigger! cheers....

I'd be inclined to think the alkaline soil may have been an influence rather than the fert. Unless the fert was over-applied, it is unlikely that excessive nitrogen was at issue - nitrogen is the least stable of the basic plant nutrients in the soil and is often lacking. Mike, you DO know that seeding grown JM's cannot be considered named cultivars? There can be a huge amount of variablility in the seedlings and they often look vastly different in leaf shape and color from the parent tree. They are just generic Japanese maples, Acer palmatum species. If you want a small Fireglow (or other named form) for bonsai purposes, you will need to try from cuttings or from starter grafts. Cutting grown JM's are rather tricky to get going too.

So I fertilized with Vigoro Super Green and my grass has greened up nicely. Watering to 1 inch and depth of 6 inches. I check with builder again and I have common Bermuda. I guess they went the cheap route and found cheap ass common Bermuda sod. I mowed my backyard at 2 inches and the reel mower always gets snagged at the brown spots you see in the pic..feels like I scalp it. I know I spreader fertilizer evenly because I did 2 passes at opposite directions. I yanked out a grass stem from a brown spots and a green spot to compare. They both look even in height (so is that technically not a scalp in the brown areas?) however the left one obviously has a lot more green leaf. 1st pic - front lawn 2 inches. Notice that the grass isn't dense. You seem some bare spots. 2nd pic - front lawn 1.5 inches. Cleaner and more level however shows more brown stem. 3rd pic - back lawn. Notice the brown spots. That's always a rough spot for my mower and it feels like I scalp...but look at the 4th pic. 4th pic - comparison of grass from green and brown area in back lawn. Same height yet in obviously has much more brown stem than the other. I compared a few more strands of grass and they are about the same height in both areas. I can keep fertilizing monthly and watering deeply so maybe the front lawn will grow denser with time. What's up with my backyard tho? Brown areas vs green areas. Those spots are always brown. Not much green leaf in those areas usually.